Rachel Chin

Rachel Chin is a multilingual actor, playwright, and singer.

She is fluent in English, Malay, and Mandarin, and conversant in Cantonese.

As an actor, Rachel has performed in theatrical productions with W!ld Rice, the Singapore Theatre Company, DAMA Orchestra, and the Esplanade. Her screenwork includes lead roles in Chilli Padi, Tuan Yuan Fan, Rookie and Acting 101. She has also guest starred in several TV shows including Tanglin and Avenue 14.

Rachel began playwriting in earnest to cope with her frustration and grief at the deportation of her housemate during the Covid-19 pandemic. She now devotes herself to the craft as a means for healing and activism, seeing theatre as the antidote to apathy. Her work strives to find levity in even the most divisive and challenging themes.

Her plays have been produced by the Yale Cabaret (Mountain Mom, Expats Anonymous), the Theatre of Others (Galatea), MoreLife Theatre (Galatea: a Musical Fable), and the Toy Factory (The Thieves). She has also been commissioned by the Singapore International Festival of the Arts x Centre42 (Where the Hantus At).

Rachel was a resident of Centre 42’s PPDR Residency in Singapore, mentored by playwright Joel Tan. She is also mentored in playwriting by Jean Tay, Aubrey Mellor OAM, Haresh Sharma, Chong Tze Chien, and in screenwriting by James Thoo, among others.

She earned her BA (First Class Hons) Acting from LASALLE College of the Arts, studying under Edith Podesta, Stefanos Rassios, Koh Wan Ching, Aole “Budi” Miller, and Adam Marple. Rachel is a recipient of the 2015 Veda Mekani Scholarship for Performing Arts and the 10th BOH Cameronian Arts Award for Best Ensemble (Empress Wu). She was also nominated for the 2019 ciNE65 Favourite Actress (Chilli Padi), and received a nomination for the Straits Times Life Theatre Awards Best Ensemble (A $ingapore Carol).

Rachel is currently pursuing an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University.